But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.
Genesis 44:5 - English Standard Version 2016 Is it not from this that my lord drinks, and by this that he practices divination? You have done evil in doing this.’” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Is it not my master's drinking cup with which he divines [the future]? You have done wrong in doing this. American Standard Version (1901) Is not this that in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. Common English Bible Isn’t this the cup my master drinks from and uses to discover God’s plans? What you’ve done is despicable.’” Catholic Public Domain Version The cup that you have stolen, it is that from which my lord drinks, and in which he is accustomed to discern signs. You have done a very sinful thing.' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The cup which you have stolen is that in which my lord drinketh, and in which he is wont to divine: you have done a very evil thing. |
But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.
Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that a man like me can indeed practice divination?”
Now the men were watching for a sign, and they quickly took it up from him and said, “Yes, your brother Ben-hadad.” Then he said, “Go and bring him.” Then Ben-hadad came out to him, and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
And he burned his son as an offering and used fortune-telling and omens and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
“You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. You shall not interpret omens or tell fortunes.